Having seen this, I hope we all can get inspired and strive to realize our aspirations! Much merit to those who helped to make it possible, this is as close as we can get to learn Dhamma from this great man.

kind regards, fijiNut

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I saw these a while ago spent a day watching them then watching the ones which I found more interesting then watching them again.

although there are the books of his talks

This offering maybe right, or wrong, but it is one, the other, both, or neither!Blog,-Some Suttas Translated,Ajahn Chah."Others will misconstrue reality due to their personal perspectives, doggedly holding onto and not easily discarding them; We shall not misconstrue reality due to our own personal perspectives, nor doggedly holding onto them, but will discard them easily. This effacement shall be done."

Manapa, I personally have had problems with reading books, maybe I am a little dim witted, but having just come out of a small work/retreat in a forest monastery in Australia, having a good monk explain the Dhamma in person, in detail, from his experience, there and then in the flesh, makes a big difference, kind of like learning how to cook with a recipe book at your own home, and learning how to cook from a chef in a restaurant kitchen. Same food, different flavour.

Which brings me to highlight another point , that no matter how resourceful Dhammawheel, E-S, accesstoinsight.org, or Buddhanet is, there is no substitute for being a real member of a real Sangha which can inspire you to practice in real life. Personally, I say this because of my obvious geographical disadvantage, so to allude to two similes in the Suttas, not only does one have to be island to onself in my case, but a lone wandering rhino on a deserted island!

fijiNut wrote:Manapa, I personally have had problems with reading books, maybe I am a little dim witted, but having just come out of a small work/retreat in a forest monastery in Australia, having a good monk explain the Dhamma in person, in detail, from his experience, there and then in the flesh, makes a big difference, kind of like learning how to cook with a recipe book at your own home, and learning how to cook from a chef in a restaurant kitchen. Same food, different flavour.

Which brings me to highlight another point , that no matter how resourceful Dhammawheel, E-S, accesstoinsight.org, or Buddhanet is, there is no substitute for being a real member of a real Sangha which can inspire you to practice in real life. Personally, I say this because of my obvious geographical disadvantage, so to allude to two similes in the Suttas, not only does one have to be island to onself in my case, but a lone wandering rhino on a deserted island!

kind regards, fijiNut

This offering maybe right, or wrong, but it is one, the other, both, or neither!Blog,-Some Suttas Translated,Ajahn Chah."Others will misconstrue reality due to their personal perspectives, doggedly holding onto and not easily discarding them; We shall not misconstrue reality due to our own personal perspectives, nor doggedly holding onto them, but will discard them easily. This effacement shall be done."

I am of nature to decay, I have not gone beyond decay.I am of the nature to be diseased, I have not gone beyond disease.I am of the nature to die, I have not done beyond death.All that is mine, dear and delightful, will change and vanish.I am the owner of my kamma, heir to my kamma, born of my kamma, related tomy kamma, abide supported by my kamma. Whatever kamma I shall do,whether good or evil, of that I shall be the heir.Thus we should frequently recollect.- Upajjhatthana Sutta, Anguttara Nikaya v.57